Markets, managerialism and teachers' work: The invisible hand of high stakes testing in England

International Education Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 42-61

  Stevenson, Howard ^a   Wood, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High stakes testing; Managerialism; Marketization; Public good; Teachers' work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934274624     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: 2202-493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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